An official black-and-white NASA photograph of the launching of a Saturn V rocket. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, ca. 1973.

An official black-and-white NASA photograph of the launching of a Saturn V rocket. Kennedy Space Center, Florida, ca. 1973. Photo size 25.5×20 cm. Frame size 43×33 cm.

The Saturn V rockets - the largest in the Saturn family - were developed under the leadership of the German born scientist Dr. Wernher von Braun, who had been in charge of Hitler's rocket program in Peenemünde in Northern Germany during World War II. His most famous creations were the V1 and V2 rockets.